Bhayyuji Maharaj was an eminent spiritual leader who was well known among his followers as Yuva Rashtra Sant. He was famous for being a mediator between social activist Anna Hazare and the Indian government during 2001.

Bhayyuji Maharaj As Intermediator Between Centre Government And Anna Hazare

Biography/Wiki

Bhayyuji was a prestigious spiritual leader. He belonged to an agricultural family of Madhya Pradesh. In order to build his career, he worked very hard. After graduation, he did many small jobs for his living and later got successful to attain a suitable job at a Mahindra cement plant. When he came into contact with Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, he decided to join Indian politics.

Bhayyuji Maharaj

Maharaji appeared on headlines nationwide, when the central government sent him as its ambassador to break the fast of Anna Hazare during Lokpal agitation of 2011. Anna Hazare broke his fast after taking juice from him.

Bhayyuji Maharaj And Anna Hazare

After one year from the death of his wife Madhavi, in 2016, he decided to take ‘Sanyas’ from public life. But, his mother and sisters convinced him to get married again, henceforth on 30 April 2017, he wedded with Ayushi Sharma.

Bhayyuji Maharaj With His Second Wife Ayushi Sharma

For the welfare of society, he worked great and established the institutions like ‘Shri Sadguru Datta Dharmik Evam Parmarthik Trust’ to teach students and distribute scholarship to them. His another organisation ‘Suryodaya Ashram’ mainly carries out the development in Maharashtra’s rural areas.

Bhayyuji Maharaj’s Social Work

On 12 June 2018, at around 12:15 pm, he committed suicide by shooting himself with his personal licenced revolver at his residence in Indore. He mentioned the reason for his death as deep mental stress in a suicide note. He also appealed in it to take care of his family by someone.

Bhayyuji Maharaj’s Suicide Note

Family, Caste & Wife

Born on 29 April 1968 at Shujalpur, Madhya Pradesh, Bhayyuji Maharaj belonged to a Maratha agriculturist family at Indore in Madhya Pradesh (India). His real name was Udai Singh Deshmukh. His father’s name was Vishwas Rao Deshmukh and mother’s name was Kumudini Devi. He had also two sisters.

Bhayyuji Maharaj’s Parents

Bhayyuji Maharaj’s First Wife Madhavi

Bhayyuji Maharaj With His Daughter Kuhu

Bhayyuji Maharaj And Ayushi Sharma’s Marriage Photo

He married a girl named Madhavi, and in 2002, became the father of a daughter Kuhu. Unfortunately, Madhavi died in 2015, and after two years of her death, on 30 April 2017, he tied the knot with Ayushi Sharma, a doctor.

Career

After completing his B.Sc (Bachelor of Science), Maharaj did various small jobs and even worked as a part-time model for ‘Siyaram Suitings.’ However, with a lot of efforts and hard work, finally, he got the job of a project engineer at a Mahindra cement plant.

When politician Anil Deshmukh introduced him to the Maharashtra Chief Minister Vilasrao Deshmukh, he got involved in politics and played an important role for the upliftment of Congress party in Maratha region.

Bhayyuji Maharaj

Later, he developed intimacy for the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat. Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan also offered him a position in the state ministery which he rejected.

Bhayyuji Maharaj And Mohan Bhagwat

Controversy

In 2017, a Mumbai-based writer Mallika Rajput accused Bhayyuji of cheating her. According to her, when she met him for the first time, he asked her to write a book on his life. She accepted the offer and after writing his biography, she gave 950 copies of that book to Bhayyuji. Mallika claimed that he didn’t release her book and even not returned those copies to her. However, Yuva Rashtra Sant described it a vague information, and the trust didn’t give clearance to the book.

Bhayyuji Maharaj And Mallika Rajput’s Facebook Post Before His Marriage